Having spent a week preparing for the job and ready to talk about his love of astronomy, he was caught off-guard when the applicants were taken to a back room and told to dance in front of the crowd.

“Everyone initially thought it was a joke,” said Mr Bacon, who has recently graduated from film school and dreams of making science documentaries.

“I just felt so embarrassed and uncomfortable. I ended up dancing to ‘Around the World’ by Daft Punk, doing rubbish robotics in my suit in front of a group of strangers.

“I told my dad it was like a scene out of ‘The Office.’ I would have walked out but I need a job,” Bacon told the BBC.

The store has since apologized for the incident and admitted dancing is not part of the official interview process

“We are very sorry to those interviewees impacted on this occasion and would like to invite them back to attend an official interview where they will be given a proper opportunity to demonstrate how they can contribute to our business,” a spokesman said.

Mr Bacon said he won’t be back for another interview, after the event left him feeling “degraded.”

“On the surface I had to look positive. I was smiling and laughing along with it but inside I felt degraded and humiliated,” he said.

I was interviewing for a job as a receptionist for a law firm in New York, while there was a Stewardess strike at the airline I worked for, back in the day. My prospective boss asked me if I would make and serve him his tea every day...I got the job!